Window-sash



Patented Jan. 26, 1897.

A. D. NELSON. WINDOW SASH- (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO D. NELSON, OF COSTELLO, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 575,808, dated January26, 1897.

Application filed July 81, 1896. Serial No. 601,259. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO D. NELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Costello,in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sashes; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, .clear, and exactdescription of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which-it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to window-sashes.

Heretofore glass panes have been fastened in the window-sash bytriangular brads and puttying. This manner of fastening, and moreparticularly the putty part thereof, has proven unsatisfactory, owing tothe fact that the same is affected by the elements and in time breaksand crumbles away, so that the pane has to be reputtied.

My object is to obviate the necessity of thus fastening window-panes andto provide a novel kind of fastening therefor which will be ornamentaland cheap, as well as being more perfectly adapted to hold the pane inplace, and at the same time pack it, so that the entrance of any rain orwind will be prevented. This is accomplished by the provision of a novelform of fastening device comprising certain improved features andcombinations appearing more fully in the following description andappended claims and in the accompanying drawings, in whichrating-strip,are all provided with sets of pockets 3.

The numeral 4 designates screws which pass through the sash from theinside thereof and project up in the pockets. It will be observed thatall portions of the outside face of the sash-frame are rabbeted, as at5, for the reception of my improved fastening-strips, now to bedescribed.

The numeral 6 designates one of the two vertical fastening-strips whichare located at the sides of the sash. This fastening-strip is providedwith an inwardl y-pro j ectin g portion 7, which extends up the framebetween the upper and lower pieces thereof and is faced with felt orother suitable material 8. This felt strip abuts firmly against thewindowpane ,9, which is fitted in the sash-frame in the usual manner.

The n umerals. 10, 11, and 12 represent lugs which are adapted forreception in the pockets of the upright end of the frame, andeach lug isprovided with a screw-threaded pocket 13, which receives one of thescrews. The strip is cut away, as at 14 and 15, at its ends for thereception of the tongues of the short cross fastening-strips. A centralupright fastening-strip 16 is employed, which is of the sameconstruction as the strip just described, but is provided with anadditional depending portion 7, so that two of these portions will beprovided, one abutting on one pane and the other on the other pane. Oneof the four crossstrips is designated by the numeral 17, and this isalso provided with a lug of the same construction as those heretoforedescribed, and it likewise has a depending strip provided with a pieceof felt. This cross fastening-strip has two thin tongues 18 and 19 atits ends, one of the tongues being received in the cut-away portion atthe end of the end fastening-strip and the other tongue fitting into therecessed portion of the metal upright fastening-strip.

It is not necessary that the portions of the sash-frame be recessed orrabbeted for the reception of the fastening-strips, although it is mypreferred construction, inasmuch as the fastening-strips are thus madeto lie flush with the plane of the sash. My improved fastening-stripsare preferably constructed of metal and can be made as ornamental asdesirable. After they have been placed in position the screws areturned, and as they are received in the'pockets of the lugs thefastening-strips are drawn to the sash and the felt strips pressedtightly against the panes, so that the latter are firmly held inposition and cannot rattle, while it is impos sible for any rain or windto pass through the sash.

It is obvious that slight and immaterial changes of construction mightbe resorted to without departing from the advantages of my invention,and it is to be understood, therefore, that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein shown and described, but consider that I amentitled to all such variations as come within the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. I11 a window-sash provided with a series of pockets, the combinationwith a windowpane, of a fastening-strip abutting on the pane and havinglugs that are provided with screw-threaded pockets, said lugs projectinginto the pockets of the sash, and screws passing through the sash andinto the pockets of the lugs.

2. In a window-sash provided with a series of pockets, the combinationwith a windowpane, of a fastening-strip having a depend ing portionwhich abuts against the pane, a strip of packing connected to saiddepending portion, lugs connected to the strips and provided withscrew-threaded pockets, said lugs projecting into the pockets of thesash and screws passing through the sash and into the pockets of thelugs.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO I). NELSON.

\Vitnesses:

M. J. YOUNG, W. E. ANGEVINE.

